DOD Has Plan To Buy Thousands Of Cheap Autonomous Systems

Aerosonde Buck G

 An Aerosonde Buck G UAV returns from a surveillance mission in the Atlantic Ocean in September 2020.

Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale it has not seen within two years under a new initiative. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced the plan, called Replicator, as a way to directly counter what she says is...

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